Archive for February, 2002

THE DEPLORABLE NSW 2001 GAME BILL

GCA HAS SENT THIS OPEN LETTER TO ALL NSW PARLIAMENTARIANS REGARDING THE GROVELLING OF THE NSW GOVERNMENT TO THE GUN LOBBY. Our special concern with this Bill is the extraordinary power it gives to one of the most poorly behaved segments of our community, gratuitous hunters. In short this Bill takes away the responsibility of the parliament for shooter misbehaviour and greatly reduces the accountability of parliamentarians to the public. As such it is a deplorably irresponsible piece of potent...

The American Tragedy and Australia

Leaders of the American gun lobby argued that if Mr Bush won the Presidency they would be able to work out of the White House itself. Time will tell if the US becomes an even more gun-soaked society. This we do know - the US gun death rate is 14 times that of Australia.This is a statistic which should shame US gun lovers. It is a statistic which is a lesson to Australian parliamentarians. Gun Control Australia asks 'don't let it happen here', 'don't trust the gun-greedy care-less Australian s...